AMERICAN-EDISON COMBINATION.; PORTLAND, ME., TO BE THEIR INITIAL FIELD --GAS DRIVEN FROM THE STREETS BY ELECTRICITY.

An illustration of the methods to be hereafter pursued by the American Electric Manufacturing Company, of this city, will soon be made in the lighting of the streets of Portland, Me. The fact is fresh in the minds of our readers that a compact was made a short time ago by which the American and Edison Companies engaged in co-operative work.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

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